Category Archives: Construction
The snow has melted, and track with brake fins attached along with motors for kicker wheels has appeared in the car parks
With much of the country affected by heavy snow, Alton Towers has been particularly badly hit. Still, there’s even more new track that’s arrived in the car parks, much of it being a lot more interesting than previous deliveries!
With the park open for the annual Christmas Event for hotel guests, we’re lucky enough to be able to head down ourselves to take a peek at progress over in X Sector. The construction fence has been moved forward to the Goal Striker building. Although no constructed track or supports are visible, plenty of steelwork […]
In our first update of the new year, it would appear that barely any more of the track has been erected since the official Alton Towers update several weeks ago; however, extensive work on the steelwork of the station building can be seen, and more concrete slabs have arrived on site.
It may be Christmas Eve, but that didn’t stop our TowersStreet Roving Reporters from scouting out the latest goings on at the resort. Despite it being the peak of the holiday season, builders were still hard at work to get the ride open on time. In addition, further construction material has arrived on the car […]
The first signs of track construction can be seen from outside the park, and Alton Towers release the first official promotional image showing track in place.
After we revealed vertical construction has begun, we head down to the Resort to take a look at what’s going on. There’s been a massive delivery of rebar with track being moved piece by piece from the car parks to the construction site.
A small update from 2nd December. Some steelwork has arrived on site which will presumably be used for the ride’s buildings.
As the park closes its gates for the winter, here is a collection of updates taken in the last few days of the season, showing the arrival of a new Gerstlauer office on the construction site, as well as more and more track arriving, being placed all over the Resort, including car parks J & […]
With the end of the season fast approaching, track finally arrived on site today, check back for further updates as we get them. Don’t forget to visit our popular talk forums on TowersStreet.com to get involved in the discussion. We’re also on Twitter and like us on Facebook for all the latest news and updates too! We’ve also a short video […]